OCEANA COUNTY, MI – A Muskegon man died following a crash Sunday afternoon when the car he was traveling in struck a concrete bridge pier on U.S. 31 under the Stony Lake Road overpass.

Ronald William Witt, 63, died at Mercy Health Partners Lakeshore Campus after being removed from the wreckage and transported by Oceana EMS to the hospital.

Oceana County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene on northbound U.S. 31 near the Stony Lake Road overpass in Grant Township at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Sheriff’s Lt. Craig Mast said deputies found a 2005 Chevy Monte Carlo, driven by Witt, that had gone off the road into the median and had severe front-end crash damage.

The incident is still under investigation.

Mast said Witt was not wearing a seatbelt and alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the incident.